The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, February 29, 2020

March 7 - 10, 1974



Thursday, March 7, 1974

I went down to Betty’s. Zak to school. Carmen came home from the hospital. Betty called here and Carmen for a little while. Bill and I to town.



 Friday, March 8, 1974

Carmen home from school to get rested. I washed windows and did some more work on my scraps. A few I collected after I got the rest done.



Saturday, March 9, 1974

It was cloudy when I got up but it cleared away. I did regular work, washed kitchen floor, cooked etc. Carmen up here. Betty, Walt and kids out riding around. Looking for a building. Carmen here for supper.



Sunday, March 10, 1974 got CATTLE

A Cold Windy Day. I done up my work. Changed beds etc. Then I did my hair shampoo and rinse. Lloyd called. Today Billie and Walt got the barn ready at Walt’s and then they got the cattle. Billie got a heifer from Joe McDonald and he and Walt each bought a beef from Lawrence. Billie was so pleased.

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